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Elliott Leighton-Woodruff

Elliott Leighton-Woodruff

Principal Cloud Architect and Microsoft MVP driving cloud-native innovation and AI solutions for regulated industries.

Warrington, United Kingdom

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Principal Cloud Architect and Microsoft MVP specialising in Azure and Infrastructure as Code for regulated industries.
With deep expertise in Azure architecture, platform engineering, and cloud-native technologies, I deliver solutions that strengthen compliance, unlock efficiency, and empower transformation.
I’m passionate about sharing knowledge, writing technical blogs, presenting at conferences, and mentoring the next generation of cloud professionals. I help teams and individuals build secure, auditable systems that drive real business outcomes in the UK and beyond.

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Area of Expertise

  • Energy & Basic Resources
  • Finance & Banking
  • Government, Social Sector & Education
  • Information & Communications Technology
  • Law & Regulation

Topics

  • Azure
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Azure DevOps
  • Azure Data Platform
  • Azure Data & AI
  • Cloud Computing on the Azure Platform
  • Infrastructure as Code
  • DevOps
  • Teams
  • Office 365

Accesspoint Innovators Forum '25

Building on SaaS | The Modern Law Firm Utopia

Delivered a practical session guiding legal IT leaders from legacy infrastructure to a secure, cloud-first, and AI-ready platform.
Covered best practices in SaaS adoption, intelligent integration with Azure and APIs, robust identity management with Microsoft Entra, and the safe deployment of advanced AI including private legal models via Azure AI Foundry and wrapped it all up together with IaC for secure, repeatable delivery.
This gave attendees real-world strategies to modernise their tech stack, improve efficiency, and future-proof their firms.

September 2025 Ware, United Kingdom

Scaling Securely: How Platform Engineering Supports Developer Velocity

Developers want autonomy, while operations teams need governance and stability. Platform Ops bridges the gap, providing self-service capabilities with built-in security, compliance, and cost controls. In this session, we will explore how Platform Ops enables developers to ship faster without sacrificing operational excellence.

April 2025 Warrington, United Kingdom

North Azure User Group

Mastering the Basics: Terraform and Infrastructure as Code in Azure

Understand the core principles of Infrastructure as Code and Terraform.
Learn how to define, deploy, and manage Azure resources using Terraform.
Explore real-world examples, troubleshooting tips, and best practices for scalable and reliable IaC.

March 2025 Manchester, United Kingdom

Azure Spring Clean 2025 Sessionize Event

March 2025

SAM Club - Innovation In Azure

January 2025 London, United Kingdom

Elliott Leighton-Woodruff

Principal Cloud Architect and Microsoft MVP driving cloud-native innovation and AI solutions for regulated industries.

Warrington, United Kingdom

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